Dairy
Budget 2024: 70% grant aid for slurry storage expected
Budget 2024 is expected to deliver enhanced grant aid for farmers constructing slurry storage, in advance of a reduction in...
slurry storage
Agri-Business
Budget 2024: ICOS calls for aid to all farmers for slurry storage
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has called for grant aid for all farmers that are investing in slurry and...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Environment
Slurry bags: VAT refund for unregistered farmers ruled out
Farmers who are not registered for VAT will not be able to claim this tax back on slurry storage bags...
Environment
Cahill: All farmers should get VAT back on purchase of slurry storage bags
Only farmers who are registered for VAT are currently entitled to claim VAT back on the purchase of slurry storage...
Agri-Business
ICMSA: Timing of TAMS slurry storage option 'unworkable'
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that the sequencing of the slurry storage option in the new...
Buildings
Issues found from farmyard assessments
A survey carried out on a random selection of dairy farms has brought to light the issues on farms in...
Buildings
Extension of slurry storage scheme requires Oireachtas approval
The planned extension of slurry storage scheme, which was announced as part of Budget 2023, will need to be formally...
Agri-Business
Slurry storage scheme to be available for 3 years - IFA
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that it has received confirmation that the slurry storage scheme in Budget 2023...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Buildings
Collecting yard is only exemption from covered slurry storage
Collecting yards are the only exemption in terms of the requirement to cover (roof) slurry storage on farms under the...
Buildings
Changes to concrete levy welcomed by ICSA
The government’s changes to the rate and introduction of the concrete levy have been welcomed by the president of the...
Agri-Business
Government urged to reverse Budget 2023 concrete levy
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president Dermot Kelleher has said he “cannot fathom what the government is...
Agri-Business
Calls for farms to be exempt from budget's 10% concrete levy
The announcement of capital allowances for the construction of slurry storage facilities and a 10% concrete levy in the same...
Dairy Technical
The environment is of critical importance in gaining access to new markets
The impact of dairy farming on the environment is of critical importance in gaining access to new markets, increasing market...
Buildings
Thinking of more slurry storage? Here are your options and costs
The winter of 2017/2018 is one that will stick with farmers for all the wrong reasons for years to come....
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
